The defaultFolder of a standalone is the home folder of the app itself, if I am not mistaken. You can change the defaultFolder in which case it will become that.
What I decided to do at some point in the past was have a settings card where the user can select a working folder, without which commands and functions that required it would fail with a warning dialog. Bob S > On Oct 29, 2015, at 13:15 , Matt Maier <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am I missing something really basic? I created a new stack and all I put > into its script was some code to change the defaultFolder to the stack's > folder, 'start using' a script-only stack in the same folder, and call the > only handler in that scrip-only stack (which creates an answer popup). > > This always works in the IDE but it never works as a standalone, even after > printing out the path 'start using' is getting to confirm it's the right > folder. > > Here are the details if they're helpful > http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25730&p=133742#p133742 > > -Matt > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
